Salomon de Bray
Study Of A Young Woman In Profile
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 7
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2009
Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 7
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2009
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Salomon de Bray
AMSTERDAM 1597 - 1664 HAARLEM
STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN PROFILE
signed and dated lower left: SD Bray./ 1636. (SD in ligature)
oil on oak panel, oval
26.7 by 20.5 cm.; 10 1/2 by 8 in.
Probably Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1640-1702), Althorp, Northamptonshire (see note); | The Earls of Spencer, Althorp from at least the mid-18th Century (perhaps no. 185 in the inventory drawn up at the death of The Hon. John Spencer in 1746: A Girl's Head in an Oval by Bremar); | Thence by descent at Althorp until the mid-1980s; | With Johnny van Haeften, London, 1987 from whom bought by a German private collector; | By whom sold, N
AMSTERDAM 1597 - 1664 HAARLEM
STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN PROFILE
signed and dated lower left: SD Bray./ 1636. (SD in ligature)
oil on oak panel, oval
26.7 by 20.5 cm.; 10 1/2 by 8 in.
Probably Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1640-1702), Althorp, Northamptonshire (see note); | The Earls of Spencer, Althorp from at least the mid-18th Century (perhaps no. 185 in the inventory drawn up at the death of The Hon. John Spencer in 1746: A Girl's Head in an Oval by Bremar); | Thence by descent at Althorp until the mid-1980s; | With Johnny van Haeften, London, 1987 from whom bought by a German private collector; | By whom sold, N
A top price for Salomon de Bray
The work Study Of A Young Woman In Profile by Salomon de Bray was sold in the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in London in July 2009. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 825,250.00 (€ 936,411.38), 18% above the upper estimate. With this result, Study Of A Young Woman In Profile is even the most expensive work of art by Salomon de Bray that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Salomon de Bray
Die Arbeit Study Of A Young Woman In Profile von Salomon de Bray wurde im Juli 2009 in der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 825.250,00 (€ 936.411,38) und damit 18% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Study Of A Young Woman In Profile sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Salomon de Bray, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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